Post Your Thanksgiving Meals!

[Ryanti]

As you know (at least in the US) Thanksgiving falls on this day, and I am extremely stuffed.

 

I'm curious about how the members of the RPC chose to celebrate.

 

For me, it went a little like this.

 

The Meal:

 

Grilled New York Strip Steak: 12 ounce

Mashed Potatoes with Brown Gravy

Homemade Dinner Rolls

Corn on the Cob (Grilled)

Grilled Veggies

Sweet Tea with Lemon Juice

 

The Dessert:

 

Homemade Pecan Pie

Eggnog

 

 

SO WORTH IT.

[Khunbish Avagnar]

Meal 1

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Game Hen cooked with herbs & veggies

Stuffing

Jellied Cranberry

Mashed potatoes

Tea

Pecan pie (pending still stuffed)

 

Meal 2

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Room mate's friend is dropping off a plate that him and his wife had later tonight for each of us.

[Steel Wolf]

Because we work at a casino, my husband and I had to celebrate a day early. Spent all of yesterday in my little kitchen managing both space and time to crank out a bangin' holiday meal like a culinary Time Lord.

 

End results:

Dry-brined 15 lb. turkey slathered with a compound butter

Sweet potato casserole

Mashed potatoes

Homemade dressing/stuffing

Roasted brussels sprouts with pancetta

Homemade cranbetty sauce

Caesar-style salad with maple balsamic vinegarette

Pan gravy

Cosmopolitans

 

Today's leftover was a buffalo turkey burrito--cubed turkey breast tossed in buffalo sauce, shredded brussels and cheese wrapped in a large flour tortilla and seared to seal and reheat the insides.

[Unnamed Mercenary]

I'm gonna be lazy and cheat with a picture.

 

[Aoi Fukiku]

My meal:

 

 

True story.

 

Wasn't able to make it to Maryland this year where my family is so me and my husband just munched on random things for our Thanksgiving and had egg sandwiches. Don't feel bad for us though, I make badass egg sandwiches! \o/

[Aaron]

A pack of noodles.

 

Roomate was gonna cook and all but i told her nah.

[Arrelaine]

I cheated, I went to the grocery store and bought a drumstick for my kiddo and a couple slices of breast for me, as well as some sides. Buuuuuuuuuuut in my defense we were busy slicing, dicing, canning and freezing fresh deer meat. Totally got an electric grinder just for the occasion. It'll be in soon and I'll have delicious venison burgers as well.

 

And also it was just the three of us anyway, we don't ever celebrate holidays on the days you're supposed to. We're rebels.

[Aoi Fukiku]

I cheated, I went to the grocery store and bought a drumstick for my kiddo and a couple slices of breast for me, as well as some sides. Buuuuuuuuuuut in my defense we were busy slicing, dicing, canning and freezing fresh deer meat. Totally got an electric grinder just for the occasion. It'll be in soon and I'll have delicious venison burgers as well.

 

And also it was just the three of us anyway, we don't ever celebrate holidays on the days you're supposed to. We're rebels.

*leers*

 

I want some tenderloin now. I hope you are ready to share!

[Arrelaine]

I cheated, I went to the grocery store and bought a drumstick for my kiddo and a couple slices of breast for me, as well as some sides. Buuuuuuuuuuut in my defense we were busy slicing, dicing, canning and freezing fresh deer meat. Totally got an electric grinder just for the occasion. It'll be in soon and I'll have delicious venison burgers as well.

 

And also it was just the three of us anyway, we don't ever celebrate holidays on the days you're supposed to. We're rebels.

*leers*

 

I want some tenderloin now. I hope you are ready to share!

I haven't had tenderloin in a decade you can go shoot your own deer! Though honestly, I'm reaaaaally looking forward to the burgers. I make killer steaks and burgers.

[Aoi Fukiku]

I cheated, I went to the grocery store and bought a drumstick for my kiddo and a couple slices of breast for me, as well as some sides. Buuuuuuuuuuut in my defense we were busy slicing, dicing, canning and freezing fresh deer meat. Totally got an electric grinder just for the occasion. It'll be in soon and I'll have delicious venison burgers as well.

 

And also it was just the three of us anyway, we don't ever celebrate holidays on the days you're supposed to. We're rebels.

*leers*

 

I want some tenderloin now. I hope you are ready to share!

I haven't had tenderloin in a decade you can go shoot your own deer! Though honestly, I'm reaaaaally looking forward to the burgers. I make killer steaks and burgers.

I would but I left my yellow card in Maryland in my father's gun cabinet and there aren't very good hunting spots here in North York. ;-;

 

I'll just have to bug the ladies in Brockport who hunt. Maybe get some deer bologna or something.

[Mae]

I've been staying with my mother while I've been trying to get back into the work-force and get myself into a situation where I can establish an apartment for myself and my husband (who was in Missouri with a student that was about to test out for his CDL), so I had dinner here with her and my brother, and my grandmother came over as well. And we had:

 

Roast turkey

Apple/onion stuffing/dressing

Mashed potatoes

Butternut squash

Corn nibblets roasted in the oven

Steamed broccoli

Pearled onions

Cornbread

A few little bowls of random nibble things (cherry tomatoes and baby mozzeralla balls, olives, pickled watermelon rinds, etc)

Cranberry sauce

For drinks, we had a jug of cider... which my brother drank most of before dinner, so I only got a sip.

 

Dessert, we went to my aunt's house to meet up with the rest of the family. And we had options of:

Apple pie (two types, needed one that had gluten-free crust cause Celiac's)

Carrot cake ('secret recipe' type)

Cherry pie

Cheesecake (homemade vanilla bean with gluten-free chocolate cookie crust, with option of chocolate ganache or raspberry sauce topping)

Chocolate cream pie

Some concoction that my aunt called "poor man's cannoli"... I think it was cannoli cream in sugar cones. And pumpkin flavored. I did not feel safe to try.

[Vali]

Filet Mignon

Twice baked potatoes

Alcohol

[Dat Oni]

Way too much pie.

[Hyakki]

A grapefruit

two persimmons

half a sweet potato

leftover homemade chicken & wild rice soup

[Sylentmana]

Meal 1: Ate with my father and his wife's extended family.

I had turkey, stuffing, dumplings, mashed potatoes, and fresh corn from their garden. Everything was smothered in delicious gravy. I had a piece of chocolate cake of dessert.

 

Meal 2: I ate with my grandparents. Much of the food was the same but had grandma's special touch so it was better. Also smothered in gravy.

 

Meal 3: Ate with my mother and step-father. They didn't bother cooking as they were too busy planning a winter trip to Florida so we ate at an Asian restaurant called Taste of Asia.

I had 8 pieces of unagi, two pieces of salmon sushi, two pieces of tuna sushi, and an order of 6 gyoza. None of it was smothered in gravy.